We have a ghost drive/RAID system, so with the external drive we should be good. I don't keep the external plugged in all the time. Just have a sometimes annoying reminder set up that won't stop until you actually do the backup so it gets done every 7-10 days unless we do something that needs immediate backup.

Directions
Use a med. bowl, and with a wire whisk, whisk dry ingredients to be sure they are well blended. Have a large skillet ready with an inch of vegetable oil nearly smoking hot.

Squeeze half a juicy lemon into a measuring cup, and fill to the 3/4 line with ICE cold water. Mix quickly into the dry ingredients, till only small lumps remain. It does not need to be smooth.

With tongs, drag each piece of fish through the batter till well coated on each side. Lay the piece in the hot oil, and continue.

Do not crowd the pieces. You can do this in batches, keeping cooked fish on a rack in a warm oven. It will take a very short time, depending on the thickness of the fish. Do not overcook. Serve with lemon slices

For baking right after the title I always state to preheat oven to ?ºF. right after the title.

...I write them in 14 pt. and Comic Sans. Easy on "Eyes for the elderly"

When I started to set the format for my recipes, I increased font size from 11 pt. to 12 pt. so I could read the recipes without my glasses. Sadly, 12 pt. no longer does the trick. I don't think 14 pt. is practical so I probably should go back to 11 pt and use my glasses.

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"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." -Carl Sagan

We have a ghost drive/RAID system, so with the external drive we should be good.

A RAID array is hard drive fault tolerant, but you still need to have multiple backups, preferably on different media. At work we had a 10 tape rotation, which is overkill for home use, but necessary for business use (if you want to keep your job).

If you get hit by ransomware (such as cryptolocker), you will appreciate multiple backup sets so you can go back in time to recover files. A backup copy of corrupt files is not of any value.

Sometimes recipes are badly written. In order to save them you have to rewrite them so that they make sense. I try to rewrite them in the order they should be done.

When listing the ingredients, I write them in the order they are added to the recipe. For baking I always list preheating temperature for the oven right after the title. You don't want your cake batter or bread dough sitting around waiting for the oven. Title, Ingredients and Directions are always in bold and underlined. And I print them out in 14 pt. Eyes For The Elderly.

Unfortunately, I copy a recipe to Word just as it is. By the time I get back to writing it as I like and want it, I don't remember where I got it or who wrote it. So I feel safe in sharing it because I change it so much when rewriting it to my liking. I hate recipes where they list the ingredients in paragraph style. Makes for difficulty in reading. But if it looks like a recipe that I like, I will take the time to try and convert it so it is more readable.

Pirate wants to keep my collection of recipes. So I do try to keep them so that he won't be left trying to figure out what I meant. That has been a big problem for CWS. She inherited her grandmother's and mother's recipe box with notes for just a lot of the recipes. It has been quite a challenge for her.

I have only one cookbook that I go to. And that is for certain bread recipes. Otherwise it is the Internet for me. So folks, if you think your children or the next generation will want your recipes, keep these little tid-bits of information about how to keep your recipes. And let a family member that doesn't live with you know where all your recipes are. That small recipe box is no longer used today. It seems to be all computer run.

Some members keep their recipes on Cloud. I don't know how to use Cloud and really at age 77, I have no interest in learning new programs. I know how to save to my computer and to a flash drive. I do often write a personal note on my recipes such as I did with my Boston Baked Beans. Such as I prefer using a sifter rather than a whisk for the dry ingredients in a bowl. I am stuck in a rut of the 30's. That is where my mother cooked and she is the one who taught me. I have made and accepted some changes. My mother had a hand egg beater that she used to make whipped cream. I fortunately have not only my KA mixer but also a hand held electric beater.

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Illegitimi non carborundum!
I don't want my last words to be, "I wish I had spent more time doing housework"

When I started to set the format for my recipes, I increased font size from 11 pt. to 12 pt. so I could read the recipes without my glasses. Sadly, 12 pt. no longer does the trick. I don't think 14 pt. is practical so I probably should go back to 11 pt and use my glasses.

I love it. I print out my recipes and have it sitting right above on the shelf where I can read the recipe as I follow it. You just have too make sure you leave at least a four inch margin for the bottom when doing a page setup. I never print out or copy the picture. Waste of ink.

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Illegitimi non carborundum!
I don't want my last words to be, "I wish I had spent more time doing housework"

A RAID array is hard drive fault tolerant, but you still need to have multiple backups, preferably on different media. At work we had a 10 tape rotation, which is overkill for home use, but necessary for business use (if you want to keep your job).

If you get hit by ransomware (such as cryptolocker), you will appreciate multiple backup sets so you can go back in time to recover files. A backup copy of corrupt files is not of any value.

And i guess you didn't read the rest. The external is NOT hooked up all the time so i think I'll know about malware prior to hooking up the external.

When I finalize a recipe, I use the format used for the food photographer. The template includes time needed, level of difficulty, tools, ingredients, any steps to before starting, prepping ingredients, e.g. Lemon: zest and juice. Cooking instructions, including while the rice is cooking, prepare the salad. Finally, at the end a plating suggestion. When developing the recipe, I use shorthand symbols (brackets, arrows, a lowercase c with a line overr it, etc.) to indicate which ingreds are timed, etc. The next time I make it, I weigh ingredients. I take my notes and write up the recipe using the format and pictures. Often I with an idea and run with it.